Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra 30 Nov/1 Dec 2013

[gillette]

Nov 28, 2013 22:43:45 GMT martindn said:

I think you need to select a progtramme before "Listen" Trouble is I have no idea which one it is!

Martin D

Hi Martin D,
On the first page that comes up after the link given is clicked, click on the first line in orange print which begins with 2013-11-28 (later it will be 2013-11-29 which will be the one for Hayley's interview). After clicking the Listen button, be sure to select segment Part 4, because the sound will probably begin before you can do it, but it will not be from the correct segment for the 08:44 timer to work.
Those are horrible instructions to follow, but I don't have the vaguest idea as to how to post a direct link. Sorry about that.
BobS

[Dave]

Thanks for the info Bob!

Here is the RTHK Player: programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/player_popup.php?type=live&player=media&rid=174

The programme is live right now and Hayley will be on after the News (which I assume is at the top of the hour but he didn't say).

EDIT

I recorded it so here it is, 15 minutes after it finished, I don't think there's anything new though.


Hayley in Hong Kong 30 Nov/1 Dec (audio interview)

The HQ stream had an annoying sibilance on it on speech (even worse than this) so the low quality stream (32Kbps) was better. They played Wuthering Heights in full but I edited it down as usual.

Cheers, Dave

[gillette]

Hi Dave,
Just listened, live, to Hayley on RTHK Radio 3 in Hong Kong. Your post wasn't up when I started listening, waiting for her to come on. I had heard them say "after the news", quite awhile in advance, so just continued to listen.
Your post was a big surprise when I came back to the forum.
I hope that your capture works out well, and I shall most happily bow out. (Got in over my head on this!)
Thanks for picking up on it.
BobS

Edit -
Another big surprise! You were apparently hard, and fast, at work while I was writing the above.
Thanks

[jimg]

Lucky shoppers

Hayley Westenra ‏@hayleywestenra 6m
Hong Kong folk - gonna be singing a few songs at ELEMENTS shopping mall at 7pm TONIGHT.

[Joe]

Thanks Dave for recording the interview!

Thanks also to Gillette for your hard work!

[Richard]

Thanks for recording Hayley's interview, Dave!

It was a very nice start to the day. Also thanks to Joe for posting the link on our Facebook page and sharing the orchestra's album there.

Edit: I've added this evening's performance in Kowloon to the forum schedule. It starts in about two hours from now.

Richard

[jimg]

Frank Lin has posted 2 photos of the pre-concert visit to the Elements Shopping Mall on facebook.

[Dave]

Hi everyone,

There's a nice article in the South China Morning Post that I don't think we've seen yet and this one does contain some useful information (thanks Valerie!):

www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1362988/arts-preview-rise-and-rise-kiwi-soprano-hayley-westenra

For example:

When she performed at the opening ceremony of the eighth World Games in Taiwan in July 2009, she teamed up with local artist Shin to sing the Teresa Teng classic, The Moon Represents My Heart, in Mandarin. The resulting duet captivated the 40,000-plus audience. Although she was nervous about stumbling over the words, Westenra glided through the performance, triggering a publicity cash machine most artists can only dream of.In the following months, her album sales in Taiwan, the mainland, and other parts of Asia rocketed, and her solo show in Taipei sold out in a day. "I was a bit concerned about mispronouncing the words and offending people. But I performed the song, and people really enjoyed it, so I guess that inspired me to try a few more Mandarin songs," she says...

"I've been to Hong Kong a few times, and I loved it from the moment I stepped off the plane: visiting the night markets and soaking up the hustle and bustle," she says. "It was one of my first major overseas trips and it made a big impression on me. I can't wait to hold a concert in Hong Kong."

That seems to confirm our suspicions that Hayley has been doing rather well in the Far East in recent years, and also that she did visit Hong Kong in the days before Pure was released for promotional purposes but not for a concert.

I'll add the full article to the new Hong Kong page on our website, this one here that contains this morning's radio interview. Here is the full size photo that appears with the article, not sure if we've seen it before (but we probably have!):

Click for even larger/sharper (1MB photo)

Cheers, Dave

[Martin]

With her back to us that looks like Hayley in the second photo accompanied by Tim Evans.

Martin

[Dave]

With Brian Lane and Tim Evans on the right!

Cheers, Dave

[Richard]

From Hayley:

Hayley Westenra ‏@hayleywestenra
Shopping mall fun with my choir cuties! pic.twitter.com/vLmFtuHQXp

Richard

[Richard]

There are lots of photographs from Elements Shopping Mall on the Hayley Westenra Fans in Taiwan Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.698211936855779.1073741885.305285986148378&type=1

Here are five of the best:











Click on the images for enlargements.

Apparently Hayley sang three songs:

1. Both Sides Now
2. Over The Rainbow
3. White Christmas

Richard

[Bamafan]

That last picture is awesome! It's definitely caption-worthy.

This is my favorite of the album (click):



-Taylor i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

[Simba]

Hayley looks absolutely gorgeous! The last pic is my favourite too Taylor! Here are the videos of all the songs,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYSObaaPudg - Both sides now and then Somewhere Over the Rainbow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dro6bd5QPA - White Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svM5gNyzGhM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUMtyzoaPtbjISZ-oRnvP7rQ - Both Sides now from another angle.

Thanks Franklin! Always seems to do a wonderful job at the coverage. And also the other uploader! for his videos

[martindn]

Well done guys and thanks for the videos and photos Farank and the others. Time was we never heard anything for days when Hayley visited China. It's much different now I see.
Hayley looks on fine form, the concerts will be wonderful I'm sure.

Martin D